targets such as free agents James Shields (averaging an astounding 233 innings a year over the last four years) and ErvinSantana (averaging 207 innings a year for the last five seasons) might gain prominence as Sox targets for the same reason

a broad group of free agents — beyond Jon Lester , there’s Max Scherzer , James Shields , Brandon McCarthy and ErvinSantana , among others — but also teams with pitching to shop in exchange for bats. The Sox, moreover, feature at least

This week on the show Mut and Alex talk with ESPN's Buster Olney, and the conversation is largely focused around pitching. They then take some calls from fans about what they think the Red Sox should do to get the pitchers they need and the odds of Jon Lester coming back.

The full version of The Trade Deadline Show hosted by Rob Bradford and Alex Speier. Guests include Red Sox pitcher Jake Peavy, and Royals GM Dayton Moore. Rob and Alex talk about the all the options the Sox have going heading into the All-Star break, and touch on the AJ reports from the morning.

of five pitchers -- joining Lester, Max Scherzer , ErvinSantana and James Shields -- who are considered the cream of ..... with an American League-leading 95 strikeouts.) Santana : 5-2, 4.10 ERA. Scherzer: 6-2, 3.20 ERA

veteran pitching help has yet to take shape this offseason, at a time when free agent options such as Ubaldo Jimenez , ErvinSantana and Bronson Arroyo remain on the market. THE STRUCTURE AND LENGTH OF A DEAL ESPN.com reported earlier this week

close to teammate John Lackey (2.8), Rays ace David Price (2.8 in an injury-riddled year) and free agents ErvinSantana (2.8), Ubaldo Jimenez (2.7) and Bronson Arroyo (2.5). So, Lester would project to average being a top-50

home runs in 115 Single-A games two years before. It's also why when Kansas City was exploring a deal for pitcher ErvinSantana it wanted a big bat -- not a young arm -- in return. And of course dealing for outfielder Wil Myers was considered

a broad group of free agents — beyond Jon Lester , there’s Max Scherzer , James Shields , Brandon McCarthy and ErvinSantana , among others — but also teams with pitching to shop in exchange for bats. The Sox, moreover, feature at least

attached — such as James Shields , ErvinSantana or Francisco Liriano — they would ..... the cost of signing a Shields, Santana or Liriano would just be a third-rounder ..... offer existence, both Liriano and Santana could potentially be hit hard by

came in the fifth inning, when Ortiz deposited a 1-0 ErvinSantana slider into the left field bleachers. Ortiz ..... game losing streak on May 15. - The Red Sox tagged Santana for five runs in the fifth inning, all of them with